FirstEnergy’s JCP&L investing $108M through 2028 in Ocean County, NJ

Jersey Central Power & Light, a FirstEnergy (FE) Corp. electric company, is investing $108M through 2028 to bolster the electric grid in Ocean County, New Jersey. “The company is making updates to the power system to make it more dependable, fix outages more quickly and provide enough electricity to keep pace with the county’s surging energy demands… JCP&L’s New Jersey Reliability Improvement Project and EnergizeNJ are part ofEnergize365, FirstEnergy’s long-term investment program to modernize the electric grid. FirstEnergy plans to invest $28B through Energize365 between 2025 and 2029. The goal: a smarter, more secure grid that meets the needs of today’s customers and tomorrow’s growth,” FirstEnergy stated.